Roberts v. City of Boston

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Roberts_v._City_of_Boston

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:law
gptkbp:citation	gptkb:59_Mass._198
gptkbp:date	1849
gptkbp:decision	segregation upheld
gptkbp:defendant	gptkb:City_of_Boston
gptkbp:fullName	gptkb:Sarah_C._Roberts_v._The_City_of_Boston
gptkbp:influenced	gptkb:Brown_v._Board_of_Education gptkb:Plessy_v._Ferguson
gptkbp:judge	gptkb:Massachusetts_Supreme_Judicial_Court gptkb:Lemuel_Shaw
gptkbp:location	gptkb:Boston,_Massachusetts
gptkbp:numberOfIssues	racial segregation in public schools
gptkbp:plaintiff	gptkb:Sarah_C._Roberts
gptkbp:relatedLegislation	gptkb:Massachusetts_law_banning_school_segregation_(1855)
gptkbp:represents	gptkb:Charles_Sumner gptkb:Robert_Morris
gptkbp:result	Court ruled that separate schools were constitutional under Massachusetts law
gptkbp:significance	first legal challenge to school segregation in the United States
gptkbp:subject	school desegregation
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Lemuel_Shaw
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Roberts v. City of Boston